TX · rules
Tex. R. Civ. P. 63
Amendments and Responsive Pleadings
Parties may amend their pleadings, respond to pleadings on file of other parties, file suggestions
of death and make representative parties, and file such other pleas as they may desire by filing
such pleas with the clerk at such time as not to operate as a surprise to the opposite party; provided,
that any pleadings, responses or pleas offered for filing within seven days of the date of trial or
thereafter, or after such time as may be ordered by the judge under Rule 166, shall be filed only
after leave of the judge is obtained, which leave shall be granted by the judge unless there is a
showing that such filing will operate as a surprise to the opposite party.
History
Notes and Comments Comment to 1990 change: To require that all trial pleadings of all parties, except those permitted by Rule 66, be on file at least seven days before trial unless leave of court permits later filing.
Provenance
- Source
- txcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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